Viral Post Accuses Texas Roadhouse of Mistreating Black Customers
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A post on social media says Texas Roadhouse treated Black customers badly.
Texas Roadhouse is a big restaurant company in the United States.
The post talks about problems with food. It says workers may have touched food in a bad way.
The post also talks about a Facebook group. People say the group had racist messages.
The video went viral on TikTok. Many people saw it and shared it.
Texas Roadhouse answered the claims. The company said it takes the problem seriously.
The company did not agree with all of the claims.
Many people online are talking about this story now.
It is not clear yet what really happened.
People want more information from the company.
Vocabulary15 words
- viral
- seen by very many people online, very fast
- allege
- to say something is true, but without proof yet
- mistreat
- to treat someone in a bad way
- tampering
- touching something to change it in a bad way
- racist
- treating people badly because of their race
- controversy
- a big public argument about something
- customer
- a person who buys something
- chain
- many stores or restaurants with the same name
- respond
- to answer
- claim
- something a person says is true
- social media
- websites and apps where people share posts
- company
- a business
- post
- a message on the internet
- serious
- important and needing attention
- public
- all the people
Quiz
Answer key
1. Mistreating Black customers 2. On TikTok 3. Yes, the company responded
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Play the audio again and fill in the missing words as you listen.
A post on social media says Texas Roadhouse treated _____ customers badly.
Texas Roadhouse is a big restaurant _____ in the United States.
The post talks about problems with _____. It says workers may have touched food in a bad way.
The post also talks about a _____ group. People say the group had racist messages.
The video went _____ on TikTok. Many people saw it and shared it.
Texas Roadhouse _____ the claims. The company said it takes the problem seriously.
The company did not _____ with all of the claims.
Many people online are talking about this _____ now.
It is not clear yet what really _____.
People want more _____ from the company.
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